Triple talaq going on since 1400 years, how can it be unconstitutional: Kapil Sibal

Supreme Court wanted to know from the AIMPLB's position on e- divorce given on WhatsApp in Islam.

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court started hearing the triple talaq issue on Tuesday morning with senior advocate Kapil Sibal arguing the case. Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that ‘triple talaq is going on since 1400 years, how can you say it is unconstitutional?’

The senior Congress leader representing the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) was presenting his arguments in the Supreme Court over Triple Talaq.

Supreme Court wanted to know from the AIMPLB’s position on e- divorce given on WhatsApp in Islam.

On the second day of hearing of the matter on May 12, the Supreme Court had said Triple talaq was the “worst and undesirable” form of dissolution of marriages among Muslims.

The triple talaq issue has attracted condemnation for how married Muslim women are abandoned while the husband arbitrarily decides to leave his partner. The BMMA has alleged that women have been divorced through WhatsApp messages and Facebook Messenger.